Comment by gdulli
3 days ago
"Linux subsystem" would be a subsystem of Linux, which it isn't. It makes more sense the way it is. People seem confused because their mind naturally wants to go to "Linux for Windows", but it's better if they're trained to think of it as a series of Windows subsystems, since that's what they are.
That doesn't make any sense. Using the Linux kernel as an example, it has multiple subsystems.
- Power management subsystem
- Scheduling subsystem
- Sound subsystem
etc
The word before "subsystem" describes the subsystem itself, not the greater system to which it belongs.